Stefano Gualeni
Stefano Gualeni | |
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| Born | April 30, 1978 |
| Occupation(s) | Philosopher, Video game designer, Professor at the University of Malta, Visiting Professor at the Laguna College of Art and Design |
| Website | https://gua-le-ni.com |
Stefano Gualeni is an Italian philosopher, professor, and game designer who has created interactive websites and video games such as Tony Tough and the Night of Roasted Moths, Gua-Le-Ni; or, The Horrendous Parade, and Something Something Soup Something.
Gualeni is currently a full professor at the Institute of Digital Games of the University of Malta, where he pursues academic research in the fields of game design, virtual worlds research, the philosophy of technology, science fiction, and existentialism.
Since 2015, he is also a visiting professor in game design at the Laguna College of Art and Design of Laguna Beach, California.
He had been a visiting researcher in various international institutions, including the Centre of the Digital Humanities of the University of Gothenburg, Sweden (2019), the Ritsumeikan Center for Game Studies (RCGS) at the Ritsumeikan University of Kyoto, Japan (2023), and the Faculty of Media and Communication of the Singidunum University of Belgrade, Serbia (2024).